TIF Hosting
Your website hosted, watched, and kept up to date by the team that knows it.
TIF Hosting is managed website hosting from the team that built your site or took the time to learn it. We host it, watch it, update it, and fix what breaks, so your marketing team has one team to call.
What it does
For most marketing teams, the website host is one more vendor to manage. A plugin update breaks a form, the site slows down before a launch, and the marketing manager ends up opening a support ticket with a company that has never seen the site. Meanwhile your developer spends a Friday afternoon testing updates that should have been routine.
TIF Hosting is managed website hosting with the people who built your site, or who took the time to learn it. We start by reviewing the site as it runs today, including its plugins, forms, integrations, and anything fragile, then set up a staging copy and test it against the live site. Once your team clicks through and approves the move, we switch the domain over, watch the site closely through the first days, and keep it monitored and updated from there, with every update tested on staging first.
You approve the move to TIF Hosting, the schedule for updates, and any change that affects what visitors see. We handle the server work and tell you what changed. Your team keeps editing content the way it does today, and your developers get back the hours they were spending on server chores.
What it handles
Hosting for sites we build
Sites we build for you launch on TIF Hosting, so the team that wrote the code is the team that runs it. When something needs fixing, the people who know how it was put together are already on it.
Taking over an existing site
If we didn't build your site, we review it first and tell you plainly whether it's a fit. If it is, we move it to a staging copy, test it against the live version, and your team approves the move. The domain switches over on a schedule you choose, and we watch the site closely through the first days.
Monitoring
We watch your sites for downtime, errors, and slow pages, and we get alerted when something goes wrong, often before your visitors or your team notice. The alert comes straight to the people who know the site, so the fix starts right away.
Updates
Core, theme, and plugin updates are tested on a staging copy before they reach your live site, on a schedule you agree to. If an update breaks a form or a layout, it's caught and fixed on staging. Your live site only changes once the update has been checked.
One place to see it
Site status, recent updates, and open requests appear in your client view, next to the rest of your project. Your marketing manager can see what changed and when without asking anyone. Updates that need approval wait there for a yes.
Backups and recovery
We keep copies of your site, so a bad update or a broken change can be rolled back to a working version. When we restore a site, we tell you what was restored, what caused the problem, and what we changed.
Who it's for
FAQ
TIF Hosting questions
Can you host a site you didn't build?
Sometimes. TIF Hosting is mainly for sites we build, so we review any other site as it runs today, including its plugins, forms, and integrations, before we say yes. If it's a fit, we set up a staging copy to test against the live site, and your team approves the move before the domain switches over. From then on, monitoring and updates work the same way as for sites we built.
How are updates handled?
Core, theme, and plugin updates are tested on a staging copy first, on a schedule you agree to. Any change that affects what visitors see is approved by your marketing manager before it goes live. We handle the server work and tell you what changed after each update window.
What happens if an update breaks something on our site?
Core, theme, and plugin updates are tested on a staging copy before they reach your live site, so if something breaks, it's caught and fixed there before the live site changes. We also keep copies of your site, so if a bad update or a broken change does reach the live site, it can be rolled back.
Who do we contact when something goes wrong with our website?
Us. We monitor your site and get alerted when something goes wrong, and because we built it or took the time to learn it, we can fix it without a handoff. Your marketing manager hears from one team instead of opening a ticket with a host and forwarding the reply to a developer.
When is the right time to move our site to TIF Hosting?
Usually when your current hosting term ends, so bring us your renewal date. We review the site, set up and test a staging copy, and your team approves the move. The domain switches over on a schedule you choose, and we watch the site closely through the first days. Your team keeps editing content as it does today.
Where is our site hosted?
Your site is hosted and managed by our team, so you never have to deal with a separate host's support desk. Smaller sites run on hosting we manage directly, and larger sites run on established hosts that our team still manages for you. Site status, recent updates, and open requests appear in your client view, next to the rest of your project with us.
Which websites can TIF Hosting take on?
TIF Hosting is for the marketing and business websites we build, such as storefronts, program sites, and firm websites. If we didn't build your site, we'll review it and tell you plainly whether it's a fit. Sites whose parent company requires a formal vendor review of its host may not be a fit yet, so tell us about those requirements early.
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